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Labor tipped to cut MPs super perks

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2004
MPs and senators could lose their right to retire on $51,000 a year under a Labor plan to bring pollies' super into line with the rest of the community. Labor is finalising its review of superannuation and is expected to change the scheme for parliamentarians ...

December goods and services deficit $2.5 billion

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2004
The Australian balance on goods and services was a deficit of $2.5 billion, seasonally adjusted, in December from an downwardly revised deficit of $1.7 billion in November, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today. Exports fell 2.0% in adjusted ...

US GDP growth slows in Q4

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2004
US economic growth slowed to a 4% annual rate in the closing three months of 2003, less than half the third-quarter pace as consumers curbed their spending, the Commerce Department reported on Friday. The fourth-quarter expansion in gross domestic product ...

Mariner launches first retail product

Mariner Retirement Services, a subsidiary of recently launched financial services group Mariner Financial, has released its first product for the retail marketplace, Mariner Lifestyle Bonds. The bonds, aimed at retail investors and retirees, are a fixed-term ...

US Federal Reserve holds key short-term rate at 1%

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2004
The Federal Reserve, not wanting to upset the economic recovery, held a main short-term interest rate at a 45-year low today. Wrapping up a two-day meeting - the first regularly scheduled session of the year - Fed chairman Alan Greenspan and his colleagues ...

IWIF chief executive resigns

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2004
The chief executive of Berren Asset Management Ltd, which is responsible for the ASX listed International Wine Investment Fund, has resigned. Berren said Chris Day has agreed to stay on until a replacement is found. Berren chairman Mike Terlet said ...

CBA launches 10-year subordinated note issue

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2004
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) today launched a $500 million subordinated medium term note issue. The notes, which will have a maturity of February 10, 2014, will be callable by the issuer on February 10, 2009 or quarterly thereafter, the ...

Westpac leading index slows in November

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2004
Economic activity in Australia will begin to slow down sooner than expected after a sharp fall in the Westpac leading index for November. The annualised growth rate of the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity, which normally ...

New vehicle sales fall 4.8% in December

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2004
Australian new motor vehicle sales fell 4.80% in seasonally adjusted terms, to 72,733 units in December from a downwardly revised 76,412 units in November, the ABS said.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2004
The Australian rose by as much as 1.5 US cents in overnight trading after European central bankers and officials said they weren't overly concerned about the rapid rise of the euro against the United States dollar. At 0700 AEDT the local currency was ...